Ariane 6

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ArianeGroup (AG)

None

Description

Ariane 6 (unknown variant)

Specifications

Stages
2
Length
63.0 m
Diameter
5.4 m
Fairing Diameter
5.4 m
Launch Mass
―
Thrust
―

Family

Name
Ariane 6
Family
―
Variant
N/A
Alias
―
Full Name
Ariane 6

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
―
Low Earth Orbit
21650 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
11500 kg
Direct Geostationary
5000 kg
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
14900 kg

ArianeGroup

Commercial

CEO: André-Hubert Roussel

AG 2015

ArianeGroup (formerly Airbus Safran Launchers) is an aerospace company based in France. A joint venture between Airbus and Safran, the company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux. It consists of three core arms: aerospace, defence and security.

Upcoming Spaceflights

Ariane 6 | EnVision

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD December, 2031

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

European Space Agency mission to study Venus' atmosphere, geological activity, and climate.

Venus Orbit

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Ariane 6 | Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA)

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD December, 2035

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Heliocentric constellation of three laser-equipped spacecraft forming an equilateral triangle with a side distance of 2.5 million km. Its goal is to detect and study gravitational waves.

Heliocentric N/A

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Flight Record

No spaceflights found for .

Recent Launches

Falcon 9

Success

2 hours, 3 minutes ago

Starlink Group 8-2

Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 20 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Long March 3

Success

1 day, 4 hours ago

ZHTW 1-01

Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Zhihui Tianwang 1-01 are 2 experimental Medium Earth Orbit communication satellites in a collaboration between Tsinghua University, SAST and the Shan…

Falcon 9

Success

1 day, 11 hours ago

Starlink Group 6-56

Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Long March 6C

Success

3 days, 3 hours ago

Maiden Flight

Launch Complex 9A - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Carried 4 Earth observation satellites to orbit: * Haiwangxing-01, 239 kg X-band SAR satellite built by SAST for Zhihui Space Tech * Zhixing-1C, X-…

Falcon 9

Success

3 days, 12 hours ago

Starlink Group 6-57

Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.